# Incident 20110525011209I: Embraer EMB-135KL, Detroit, MI, May 25, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2011, 11:43 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Cou
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 42.2138° N, 83.3538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2138&lon=-83.3538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N810AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N810AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-135KL (registry code 3260302, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-135kl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-135KL
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE3007 SER
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110525011209I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON 5/25/11 AIRCRAFT N810AE FROM ORD TO ABE, CLIMBING OUT OF ORD AT ABOUT FLIGHT LEVEL 2800, THE FIRST OFFICER AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND SMELLED A STRONG ODER OF SULFERFOLLOWED BY THE SMELL OF BURNING WIRE, THEY BOTH ALSO NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE TOP OF THE GLARESHIELD AND DOWN BY THE RUDDER PEDELS. THE TWO PILOTS DID THEIR MEMORY ITEMS FOR CABIN OR COCKPIT FUMES. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND DECLARERD AN EMERGENCY AND ASKED FOR THE CLOSEST AIRPORT, ATC ADVISED THE CREW THAT DTW WAS OFF THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AT ABOUT 50 NM. THE CREW DIVERTED TO DTW, NO ONE WAS HURT OR ASKED FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION. ON DEPLANING AT THE GATE EVERY PASSENGER COMMENTED ABOUT THE SMELL OF BURNING WIRES.

## Other reports on N810AE (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20061027023639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061027023639I), Oct 27, 2006: Emb EMB135KL (N810AE), Louisville, KY. (-23) On Friday 10/27/06 American eagle N810AE, flight 3980, departed sdf enroute to ord with 43 passengers on board, in-flight they had a thrust reverser…
- [Accident 20040829021469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040829021469A), Aug 29, 2004: Emb EMB135KL (N810AE), Albany, NY. (-23) Enroute to bos from yyz, flight 4568 experienced severe turbulence which caused the flight attendant to fall and be injured by the galley cart when it…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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